It Wasn't A Toxic Relationship

I can sense deflection of blame

Anytime I hear someone say

"It was a toxic relationship"

-More like an interpretation slip

Stop saying 'it' was toxic, it wasn't

Stop sharing blame with someone who doesn't

They were toxic

It's anoxic

And draining deeper connection being insolent

And it wasn't just an isolated incident

You exposed a pattern that hurt

Curated to cavern exert

It was all their ongoing behaviors

You did all the work for all their failures

Then you're blamed for that too

For trying something new

Hoping that this is the time

That they'll reflect and refine

It isn't that simple

Too much to rekindle

Stop making excuses for someone

Who excuses themselves and then some

Keep in line the truth in your story

They're just fine crafting allegory